No. 19-7858

Todd Darrell Ballard v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief post-sentencing procedural-rights sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation substantive-rights waiver waiver-doctrine
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Act of the General Assembly [42 Pa.C.S. § 9543 and 9544] is in violation of Appellant's substantive and procedural rights; and whether said statute permits any intentional waiver of (non-ineffective assistance of trial counsel) by post-sentencing counsel, under the Amendment VI and XIV to the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED | Whether the Act of the General Assembly [42 Pa.C.S. § 9543 and 9544] is in violation of Appellant's substantive and procedural rights; and whether said statute permits any intentional waiver of (non-ineffective assistance of trial counsel) by post-sentencing counsel, under the Amendment VI and XIV to the : United States Constitution? \

Docket Entries

2020-08-03
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-07-09
DISTRIBUTED.
2020-05-12
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-23
Waiver of right of respondents Clark, Supt., Albion, et al. to respond filed.
2019-08-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Clark, Supt., Albion, et al.
Keaton CarrOffice of the District Attorney of Allegheny County, Respondent
Todd D. Ballard
Todd Darrell Ballard — Petitioner